Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-19
PROM rAcoKA
Ak<IE1ATzz HEs cLATM 70 PfoxExszzrF
WIZ BoarB srDE REMAINS oTHKa
Old TIMES COMO HAST
AGAIN INTERESTING rrEMa.
fRerslsr Ger. Po.t-T.ts1sorne.r.

ERegstsy Ger. Posf-Enesllt0sHe-r
kxseDtion has been taken BY great
many 20 the claim Of g0o Carr shst he
was re original settler on the town site
% Iaeoma. That asntiemaD, however.
U - inferview q yesterdaY rsiterete6
me sfatemeus IS published IN the Pssr-
lsTEkEz0EzcK1. fhsre we're pisnty ~
lo22srs and pr0specioFa. plenty Il them,
who etopped at tie place tor time.
long before uy arFiysg, no dcabt. be
eaids ~b1l have pieEty Of proof that
vas tbs original settler. TIE place
vas not surveyed gnen I sanEe. and /
bad qgite time II having that work
oan@- Ga sesoant o. the dificaIty In
getting about thFs1eh the woods and
unoegbsush. no suFveyor wouid taxa the
eonfraos % Surveying the tounsaip at
Government pEices. After much q a
cuify ] hseliy persuaded L v. Mesker 30
Do the work. promising 10 furaish two
men 20 assist and % board she whole
party daring the woEk. In that wav
the eontrset vas fulfilled and she town
snip To which the city lies was surveyed.
| remained Their, a. have said, two
years alone. and then was Joined by
my son. II anybody vas in toe neigh
borbosd abead Of me, would surely
hsTs discovered them IN that time
AID boz did yO1 sabsist eli the tine
you we're
wArTTs9
For the toWasits 70 become q town p
had nothing Whatevee When
same. ] borrowed enough g. pay for
the nlinRs on my pre- e1peion. ETC.. as
stated then oat Of the pFoceeds of the
sale Of this TO McCaFyer paid back she
l0aD and took q homestead. | have
live1 by selling bits Of property nov
and again, until uow, a. / have said,
have little left, the must valuable part
being two lots that embrace 100 feet Of
water trout"
After I'll your foresight and labor,
oomtng from she East to Ret her fsst,
we're you not disgusttd at the tovusite
being shifttd 70 New Tacoma p
The old mans eyes flashed. 81
should say vas disgusied. They kaew
The real site for the tosn vas and is
over there. bat the LIND Company had
an opportunity 10 bay ths land on this
blum IN body and they bought il.
They beuQst IL 70 sell u cot il lots With
The intention, when that vas done, of
RoiRR back to the old town. can Prove
that shay said 50"
O. j. Davis, Sho recently resarned
from New Y RI. tells an an usice story
VI an encounter IN the great met Fopolls
With another OF the early Tac0mAiles--
0ne John Lspgwell. Having heard that
Mr.. Davis vas from this city be said
vent 70 Tacoma years ago under
Tas INPREssIoH
That it vas the proper thing to do. I
There was q party of -four Of rs. We
had gone to K4lama 6rss and follow d
he railroad boom 10 Tacous. There |
he whole party Of us stranded. vas
! blacksmith and got some work az the
Tacoma mill and elsewhere, but We
,ould get no money. We we're paid for
1uF wsrk With land. ] finalIy raised a |
take by selling my lead for eome 500
md made a straight line for San Fran |
1880. was the only ore in the par ', l
10wever, who bad the sand and oraias !
% ret sut Of the place, though tnry all /
wanted to bad enuugh.o
"who we're the others you peak Of?
Isked Davis.
well, can only remember the /
laUes Of tsa," said LougReil; "Ghay |
gere George Orchard and W. b. Black !
gsll."
"Arr y a dong pretty we'll novf" in /
luire D.viS.
"0h, yes, toifFabiy. sm one OF the |
irs If Lnngwell d St. v-ns, of San !
francisco. dong a small j9bbinR and /
lotion business
both of she men you speak Of could,
q that case, probably
BuI AND SILL IcU,"
sald Davis. "Orehard is doing
VhoIesals business and Blackwell is ,
liee President Of the Tacoma National
Dapk"
And still speaking Of old T4c1maIs,
dr. and Mr.. A. MaMlllan left yester |
lay morning for tae East to visit /
rienda they have rot seen since they 1
eft that section many years ago 70 1
eoate on Puget Sound. They osme to I
his eountFy and located (thoush MT /
" the toSnsitel much earlier than Mr.. /
1aFr. Miss Mcmillan. their daughter, |
married few weeks ago to Mr.. Finne |
ran, was olrn here. Mr.. and MEs. Fin |
leRsn started eastward on their we'd 1
ling t3ur Immediately after the cers
sonv, bat have been stopping on the |
way long enough to give tha old couple !
lime 90 make up their mind 90 join |
hem, which they will d. at Spokane |
Falls, and together they will journey !
back to the States "
PaEPARIS0 ran The oHANaE
The CouRtv Commissioners have
,ranted the Chamber of Commerce the |
privilege OF holding their meetings at
be Court house during the time their |
,vn rooms sh I'll be occupied ~ General !
Ltnd Agent Sehulzs OF the Northern !
Paoifio Railroad. The latter rooms are |
10 be pat in shape for the occupancy OF
he latter affiseF veFg shortly new. IL
a stated by a gentleman just arrived at
he Tacoma and who is 10 tbs coed
leuce of these officials, that Mr..
SchulEs is the only one of the eom-
Dany's officers nov located in Portland
Eho will remove TO this city under the
REQ nt order Of the COMPANY.
"It 10 generally understO ID here that |
he heads OF both the passenger and |
freight departments will coWe WITH Me-. |
Sshalz3." said an interviewer.
That is . mistake" SAID the gentle
nan. ITO Do that they would have to |
I'VE up tbe Portland field, which is a
natter of too much importance to be
,iven up for another matter OF mere |
Iorn," be said. "MF. Chsrltop, Of the |
passenger department, feels perfectly |
leoure in his Office at Portland, - does
.lso ths General Freight Agent l have
lpoken 20 them both on the subject"
sxALLEa MATTERS.
The armoEy Of the Tacoma Guards |
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